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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 98966

This service covers a phone conversation between a patient and a qualified healthcare professional who is not a physician, to discuss a health concern for an existing patient. The call involves real medical discussion rather than simply scheduling or administrative matters, and covers a shorter portion of time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider cost?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$11.75 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$12.88 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $54Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $19
$10$20$50facility $15professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.95

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in New York. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 33rd of 51

$13.49

AK $30.90NY $9.77

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.